Podcast Episodes

Earthborne Rangers: Playing our way to a future that works with Andrew Navaro

Season 12 Episode 12

The average child in the western world attends 10,000 hours of school - and plays 20,000 hours of games.  In the 'adult' world, many of us spend hours devoted to levelling up our characters and explo…

Published on 3 years ago

Living Well within our Limits: Actions for systemic change with Prof Julia Steinberger

Season 12 Episode 11

Professor Julia Steinberger researches and teaches in the interdisciplinary areas of Ecological Economics and Industrial Ecology.  She is the recipient of a Leverhulme Research Leadership Award for h…

Published on 3 years ago

Data is the New Plastic! Ethics, Accuracy and AI with Dr John Collins of Machine Intelligence Garage

Season 12 Episode 10

Dr John Collins worked for the UK's Central Electricity Generating Board in the days when such things were nationalised industries. His PhD involved creating a real-time dosimeter for workers in nucl…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Telling the Truth and Moving Forward: Building the Moderate Flank with Rupert Read

Season 12 Episode 9

Rupert Read is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of East Anglia, but he is also a Green party activist, and a prolific speaker, media spokesperson and author advocating for a wholeh…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

End of year round-up: Manda's favourite podcasts, fiction and non-fiction of 2022

Season 12 Episode 8

As we do each year, we've curated a list of the Accidental Gods' favourite podcast and books of 2022.  Enjoy!

Podcasts
Nate Hagens The Great Simplification - fourth of four (so far) with Daniel Schmac…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Regenerative by Design: Creating Communities that work with Charlie Fisher of Transition by Design

Season 12 Episode 7

In a world that feels as if all the certainties are breaking down, how can we build the communities of place and of purpose that will give us the resilience to bridge from the old structures to the n…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Fractal Improv: finding generosity, connection and compassion amidst our fear with Belina Raffy

Season 12 Episode 6

We know our climate is in crisis and that time is running out. But we also know that screaming at people to wake up is not working.  What if we gave ourselves permission to tell the truth - and the s…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Compass: Charting a Progressive Route through the Political Maelstrom with Neal Lawson

Season 12 Episode 4

In a world where our 'democracy' is manifestly not fit for purpose, how can we turn the brief, bright fireworks of political sanity into floodlights of progressive values, of liquid democracy that le…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

The Kindness of Strangers: Ocean Rowing, Solitude and Transformation with Dr Roz Savage MBE

Season 12 Episode 5

What happens when we realise we're trying to be something we're not?  For Roz Savage, this led to a transformation that took her from Management Consultant to the first woman to row solo across the w…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Matereality and Corporate Mischief: reshaping Business as if the job were to create a world that works with B.Lorraine Smith

Season 12 Episode 3

What if businesses existed not to price-gouge consumers and destroy the planet, but to be part of a pathway to a flourishing future?  What if the end-of-year reports were not expensive exercises in g…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago